Colts like mid-round WR depth in 2018 NFL Draft

Entering the 2018 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts will be looking to add some young depth and talent to a wide receiver corps that is extremely thin and inexperienced.

While there might not be a top 10 pick in the draft at the wide receiver position, there is some solid depth and general manager Chris Ballard hinted they might be looking toward the early-to-middle rounds to find some talent.

Not a ton of first-round depth, but it’s solid. Especially when you get into the late second, third, fourth round, there’s some good players,” Ballard told 1070 The Fan last week. “I see some good players that can help us.”

The Colts added Ryan Grant to a position that had little experience behind T.Y. Hilton and Chester Rogers so adding another younger building block is certainly in the cards during the draft.

The Colts are currently lacking wide receiver talent that might provide a big body, which is something they are looking for at the position.

“They either have to be a bigger body, or they have to be great after the catch, one or the two,” Ballard said. “I think there’s a good combination of both in this draft.”

There are some early-round names the Colts have been connected to, including Courtlandt Sutton and D.J. Moore, but there seems to be some solid depth toward the middle of the draft.

After Donte Moncrief signed a one-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Colts are lacking a red zone target on the outside, which is something they could be targeting to implement across from the aforementioned Hilton.

It isn’t clear who the Colts are targeting or when they will look to take a wide receiver but it is a good bet they will look to add some young talent to the position int he draft.